Spinning toy



1,550,705 J. KONCINSKY SPINNING TOY Filed March 7, 1925 venirmi Patented ug. 25, 1925.

PATEN' FMC.

JOSEPH KONCINSKY, OF NUR-WICK, CONNECTICUT.

SPINNING- TCY.

Application led Maren 7, 1925.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Josurir KoNorNsrrv, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norwich, in the county of New London and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Spinning rloy, of which the following is a specification.

|This invention relates to an improved spinning toy, sometimes referred to as a whirligig.

The invention has more particular reference to a spinning tof,7 of this class which embodies a stem provided with bladed fan for producing what may 3e generally termed a rotor adapt-ed to ascend into the air under the rapid rotation imparted thereto.

The principal feature of the invention is the particular construction. the stem of the rotor which is provided intermediate its ends with an ovate enlargement of a predetermined size serving to steady the rotor in its flying operation and to decidedly increase the momentum and inertia.

The feature referred to will become more apparent from the following description and drawing:

ln the drawing Figure l is a top plan view of a toy constructed in accordance with the present invention, and

Fig. Q is a side elevation thereof.

Referring to the drawings in detail. the reference character l designates generally a bladed fan constituting a part of the socalled flying rotor. As is better shown in Fig. 2. the blades 2 are disposed obliquely to the line of ascension to facilitate upward travel.

rlhe stein which is fastened in any appropriate manner to the center of the fan embodies an upper downwardly tapered portion 3, a lower tapered portion e, of a greater length, and an intervening substantially ovatc enlargement 5 acting somewhat in the capacity of a weight.

For the purpose of support-ing the rotor before it is set into rotation, l provid-e an appropriate-ly shaped handle 6 provided at its outer end with a ring-like head 7 through which the lo'iver tapered portion of the stein extends and in which said portion is rotatable. This head 7 is provided on one side with a guide eye 8 through which the free end portion of the cord 9 passes.

Serial No. 13,772.

The lower tapered end of the portion l is provided with a longitudinal groove in which the opposite free end portion ll of the cord is received. ln practice the last named end l1 of the cord 9 is placed in the groove provided and the cord is wrapped around the tapered portion l of the stem and the opposite upper end 9 is brought through the eye 8. rlhe device is now ready to be spun. The handle 6 is grasped and the end 9 of the cord is pulled to set the rotor into rotation under the action of the unwinding of the wrapped cord.

With the parts in the position shown in 2, the enlargement 5 serves somewhat in a manner to balance the device when it is in the operators hand and serves therefore as a shoulder to rest upon the head 7 to relieve the cord of undue stress.

ris the device ascends into the air, it is carefully righted under the action of the weighted enlargement 5 and in practice it has been shown that it will travel approxi mately one hundred and fifty feet or more in theA air, the line of asc-ension being substantially directly upwardly and overhead under most conditions, due to the increased inertia caused by the existence of the weighted enlargement on the stem.

Consequently, when the device falls, the weight will also serve to increase a comparatively straight descension so that in the use of the device, it will not be carried an unreasonable distance from the operators standing place, except in strong winds.

Although l have shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that minor changes coming within the field of invention claimed may be resorted to if desired.

Having thus described my invention, what claim as new is In a whirligig of the class described, a rotor adapted to ascend into the air, said rotor comprising a bladed fan provided with a depending stem, said stem having upper and lower tapered portions joined together by a substantially ovate enlargement serving as a weight to steady and right the rotor in its flight.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOSEPH KONCINSKY. 

